electric angel /design for life

crazy, the legacy

following on from the ‘crazy, damn right i’m crazy’ exhibition, we were asked to design a legacy document that documented the process which resulted in the exhibition. the intention is to provide a resource for others planning a similar process or exhibition.

our design is a pack of booklets, collated in a black envelope with orange print matching the exhibition’s publicity material. the envelope also contains the poster and promo booklet and a ‘found object’ – namely one of the t-short comments visitors left at the exhibition.

we were also invited to write about our approach to designing for the exhibition. you can read that excerpt here.

rock the boat

publicity material for ‘rock the boat – an exhibition of mechanical sculptures at scarborough art gallery.

as with the bawden and ravilious design this is a leaflet that opens out into a poster but with something of a challenge as the only images of sufficient quality we had to use were of half-finished sculptures. so for the main image we drew an illustration of the ‘mad cow minotaur’ that was to feature in the exhibition.

the print uses metallic silver ink to simulate the metal finish of some of the sculptures and we were able to follow this through on the posters outside the gallery and the information panels inside the exhibition. given the main image, the extra ‘o’s in ‘mooving’ seemed a highly appropriate mis-spelling to add to the design.

the leaflet also features a quick activity for younger visitors which we devised – spotting some of the components from which the sculptures are made [shown below]. as well as the minotaur the exhibition includes a moo-ing cow, two boats, a fascinating take on conception and a recently-delivered spinning teacup. the exhibition runs until sunday 20 september.

straight down the line

we’ve set up a separate blog for the public art project that rachel and i have been comissioned to deliver on the scarborough-whitby old railway line. you can track progress of the project on the blog and get a sneak view of the designs as they evolve. poetry workshops with users of the track begin this week and we’ve been out grafitti-ing [in rather windy weather] to advertise them. more at: www.railwayart.com

mapping culture

we tweeted it a few weeks ago, but are delighted to formally anounce that we have been awarded the contract in a competitive pitch to design the printed and web-based version of CHART Scarborough (formerly known as Scarborough Arts Trail). the first step has been to create a blog that will document the process as we carry out research and undertake trials with people using different methods of navigating scarborough’s cultural hotspots: www.chartscarborough.com

expect us going on off all sorts of cartography tangents on there. but we’ll pop the odd post on here as we reach milestones in the project. we’ve already come up with the name with project leader, dorcas taylor, and really looking forward to working on the rest of this project.

around your world in 80 days

we’ve been sent a travelling moleskine on the theme of ‘stuff that makes you go ooh’. you can read all about the travelling moleskines here, but as a quick summary it’s a whole host of sketchbooks being passed around as part of the big draw and will result in an exhibition in september. there’s a flickr group for it here.

above is my contribution to the one that’s arrived with us. expect at least 3 more from us as it travels round the studio before we pass it on.

scarborough rocks!

poster and flyers for battle of the sands 09. the call has gone out for bands to take part in october of this year – last year’s winners – the excellent mum locked in castle – won a support slot with feeder at coastival. get your skates on as the deadline is 14th august. details at www.create.uk.net

we’ve designed the poster so that the call for entries section can be sliced off once the entry deadline has expired, thus saving print costs and paper by not needing two separate posters.